Allegro

Currently Browsing: February, 2002

The Local 802 Health Benefits Plan recently announced an important expansion of coverage. Benefits for domestic partners will now be provided on the same basis as dependent benefits. The plan defines domestic partners as two unmarried adults (both of whom

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As use of the internet becomes constantly more widespread, Local 802 is making several changes aimed at making our web site more appealing and informative. One innovation involves the use of multi-media content. This is part of the union’s effort

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The AFM recently announced that it has established a special program with the Dell Computer Corporation which provides discounts of 10 to 15 percent off new desktops, Monitors, laptops and accessories. The offer is good on a wide range of

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Greater Strength in Jazz Field Requires Greater Union Density
Bill Moriarity
Over the last month or so, Local 802 has reached agreement with two important employers of jazz musicians for improved terms and conditions. The first of these, the New School, engages more than 70 musicians, a number of them performing

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Local 802 AFM Holds Burning Party
Carla Marie Rupp
What happens when you’re free of a mortgage debt? Well, you party! One of the best parties was held before New Year’s Eve in New York. And this joyful story needs to be told. Local 802 AFM is happy. They’re

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Last month’s Allegro reported that an agreement had been reached covering faculty in the New School’s Jazz and Contemporary Music Program. The ratification vote was under way as that issue went to press. The contract was approved by a resounding

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Guest Commentary
Rev. Jesse Jackson
They say everything has changed since Sept. 11. That is not true. Those who were against workers’ right to organize are still against workers’ right to organize. Those who were against raising minimum wages are still against raising minimum wages.

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The Music Succeeded in a Way that Burns Was Unable to Match
Bill Moriarity
The following review of Ken Burns’ Jazz, a much-discussed series that aired on public television early last year, recently appeared in New Labor Forum, part of a special issue that explores labor’s relationship to the world of culture. New Labor

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African American History Month
Chicago-born pianist Junior Mance’s career spans seven decades and continues to prosper in the new millennium. He has worked alongside a veritable who’s who of jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Dinah

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Stuck in rehearsals far into the night? Unable to get away on your lunch hour? No problem. Actors Federal Credit Union has the answer: online banking at www.actorsfcu.com, launched in early November. Members can now set up online access to

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Musicians' Assistance Program
Jackelyn S. Frost, CSW
The events of Sept. 11, anthrax scares and fears of bioterrorism have created stress for millions of Americans, and have caused many people to retreat to unhealthy, over-indulging behavior such as smoking. The stress of the holiday season may have

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Musicians' Assistance Program
The next MAP Networking Meeting, which begins at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, in the 802 Club Room, will feature Judith Greenwald, CSW, director of the SmokeKnowMore Program. She will speak about new methods that can help empower you

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For more than 30 years Local 802 member Bobby Short and his orchestra have been charming patrons of the Café Carlyle with elegance and style. This self-described saloon pianist and singer appears five nights a week at the famed Carlyle

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Did you know???
If your doctor orders X-rays or lab work for diagnostic reasons, the cost of the tests will be covered in full, with no co-payment, at a participating MagnaCare lab or radiology facility. Tests carried out at an out-of-network facility will

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Heather Beaudoin
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RATES FAR TOO LOW CRITICAL FUNDING RESTORED TO GIULIANI’S LAST BUDGET FEBRUARY SPECIAL ELECTIONS SET SPITZER URGES CONSUMERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REACHES 5.4 PERCENT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RATES FAR TOO LOW Raising workers’

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IN THE JAZZ FIELD Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra: Festival Productions has signed a new contract for the 2001-2002 season covering all performances at Carnegie Hall and the John Harms Center in New Jersey. The contract will also cover concerts performed

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Nicholas Caliendo – Drums John E. Collins – Guitar Dominic Cortese – Accordion Ted Da Bruzzo – Drums Artie Deutsch – Musician/Activist Alec Fila – Trumpet Anthony Fiocco – Trumpet Charles W. Fox – Piano Armando Ghitalla – Trumpet Allen

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December 4, 2001 -- December 11, 2001
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2001 Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Gale, Giannini, Landolfi, Reynolds, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens. Nov. 27 minutes unanimously approved as

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November 13, 2001
Before the meeting was called to order, President Bill Moriarity and Vice-President Erwin Price spoke to the committee regarding the CAC’s mandate to fund “general fields of employment” to promote union work for as many 802 members as possible, as

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Bill Crow
Andrew Schulman, who plays the eight-string guitar, was invited to do a five-concert solo tour of the Soviet Union in the fall of 1991, while the dissolution of the USSR was already under way. Andrew played concerts in Smolensk, Petrozavodsk,

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